Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, leaves the federal courthouse in Washington after a hearing in May 2018. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been moved from a minimum-security prison near Scranton, Pa., to the federal detention center in Manhattan used to hold the notorious Mexican drug lord known as “El Chapo,” federal records show. The move to the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City comes as Manafort is expected to appear in court there on state mortgage fraud charges. Manafort would be made available as needed, and the arrangement would not affect his state case, the official added. The Bureau of Prisons declined to provide details about Manafort’s detention at the Manhattan center.

Source: Washington Post June 18, 2019 12:18 UTC